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Finance Business Partner Senior Manager

ZEISS India

All India 9 to 13 Yrs 1 month ago

Job Description

As the Senior Business Finance Manager, you will play a crucial role in leading the business finance function for a business division. Your main responsibilities will include:

  • **Business Finance Partnership:**
  • Serve as the primary finance business partner to the Divisional Head and leadership team.
  • Translate business strategy into financial plans, targets, and KPIs for the division.
  • Provide actionable insights on pricing, product mix, margins, and commercial investments to optimize profitability.
  • Support evaluation of new business opportunities through business cases, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
  • Collaborate with sales, marketing, supply chain, operations, and commercial excellence teams to align financial strategies with business objectives.
  • Develop and maintain advanced financial models, dashboards, and scorecards for product lines, channels, and key customers within the business division.
  • Act as a finance challenger to ensure sound business decisions, risk mitigation, and disciplined capital allocation.
  • **Financial Planning & Analysis:**
  • Lead the end-to-end financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting cycle for the business division.
  • Consolidate and analyze divisional financial performance to identify trends and improvement areas.
  • Prepare and present monthly and quarterly performance reviews to senior management.
  • Drive standardization and automation of planning and analysis in collaboration with corporate technology and controlling teams.
  • Ensure robust financial controls, policies, and procedures are in place and adhered to within the business division.
  • Identify and implement process improvements across planning, reporting, and decision-support processes.
  • Support internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, internal guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
  • **Qualifications & Experience:**
  • Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) or MBA (Finance) from a premier BSchool mandatory.
  • Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or related field (preferred).
  • CFA, IFRS qualifications are an advantage.
  • Minimum 9+ years of experience in business finance, financial planning, and analysis roles.
  • Proven experience in finance business partnering with commercial and operational teams.
  • Strong exposure to R2R processes and hands-on experience in SAP-based financial environments.
  • Prior experience in the medical equipment or vision care industry is highly preferred.
  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Advanced proficiency in financial tools and systems (e.g., Excel, ERP).
  • Ability to thrive under pressure, high level of ownership, resilience, and ability to meet tight deadlines without compromising quality. As the Senior Business Finance Manager, you will play a crucial role in leading the business finance function for a business division. Your main responsibilities will include:
  • **Business Finance Partnership:**
  • Serve as the primary finance business partner to the Divisional Head and leadership team.
  • Translate business strategy into financial plans, targets, and KPIs for the division.
  • Provide actionable insights on pricing, product mix, margins, and commercial investments to optimize profitability.
  • Support evaluation of new business opportunities through business cases, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
  • Collaborate with sales, marketing, supply chain, operations, and commercial excellence teams to align financial strategies with business objectives.
  • Develop and maintain advanced financial models, dashboards, and scorecards for product lines, channels, and key customers within the business division.
  • Act as a finance challenger to ensure sound business decisions, risk mitigation, and disciplined capital allocation.
  • **Financial Planning & Analysis:**
  • Lead the end-to-end financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting cycle for the business division.
  • Consolidate and analyze divisional financial performance to identify trends and improvement areas.
  • Prepare and present monthly and quarterly performance reviews to senior management.
  • Drive standardization and automation of planning and analysis in collaboration with corporate technology and controlling teams.
  • Ensure robust financial controls, policies, and procedures are in place and adhered to within the business division.
  • Identify and implement process improvements across planning, reporting, and decision-support processes.
  • Support internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, internal guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
  • **Qualifications & Experience:**
  • Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) or MBA (Finance) from a premier BSchool mandatory.
  • Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or related field (preferred).
  • CFA, IFRS qualifications are an advantage.
  • Minimum 9+ years

Posted on: April 7, 2026